10 Allures of Depok

Depok City is one of the cities in West Java Province. Previously, the city is commonly called "Kota Belimbing" is part of Bogor City. However, since 1999 has been designated as a city.

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I have lived in this city since I was born, which is 19 years ago. And I think that Depok has many distinctive charm. Now, I will mention 10 allures which is owned by this city.

1. Culinary

This is the best allure that owned by this city (I think). Depok is a city occupied by a multicultural society. So, almost any type of food you can find here. Particularly along the Margonda Street that there are so many coffee shops, cafes, and family restaurant. Starting from spicy to sweet food, from traditional to western food.

2. Location

Depok is located between two other cities, which is Jakarta and Bogor. Both cities are included in the city that "busy" every day, so that people who are in Depok is not too far away for work, go to school, or just a visit to Bogor or Jakarta because Depok located in the middle.

3. Accessibility

The government has plans to open two toll roads which divides Depok, make this city has the best and fastest access to the city of Jakarta. In addition, public transportation was alive for 24 hours by means of two train line and a varity of urban transportation.

4. Geographical

Depok city including flood-free area, with slopes ranging fom 40-140 m asl, there is Ciliwung river that divides the city and there are lakes scattered in various corners of the city, it makes Depok city safe from the danger from flooding, although the frequent occurrence of heavy rain accompanied by dangerous lightning.

5. Malls and Shopping Centers

Depok is reputed to be a city in which everything is exist. One that stands out from this city is the establishment of some malls and shopping centers. There are around 10 malls in Depok and 5 of them are in Margonda Street. Along this road, you can enter the mall to hunt various types of goods such as fashion items and gadgets, you can also watch movies, karaoke, and others with expenditure which is quite affordable.

6. Tourism

Not only malls and shopping centers are owned by this city for refreshing, Depok still has a few tourist sites which attracted much interest of visitors, both inside and outside the city of Depok. Examples of the famous tourist spots in this city are Depok Fantasy, Kubah Mas mosque, flower garden of Wiladatika, ecotourism of Dewa starfruit, etc.

7. Environment
Depok has a region that quite convenient, because Depok primarily used as a residential area with few industrial areas, so the quality of the environment in this city better than other cities.

8. Cyber City
Cyber City become one of the flagship programs in the area 2011-2016 in Depok. Cyber City can be interpreted as a city in which all citizens had "Internet Minded" and used to access the internet to meet the needs of the informations required and to your daily activities. Bit evidenced by the many wifi provided and the signal is not hard to find too here.

9. Education
In Depok, there are many educational institutions. The number of elementary to high school reached 100 schools. The university had reached more than 10 universities, including UI and Gunadarma. Educational institutions in this city has the advantages of each. Progress achieved educational success of Depok make some people mention Depok as "Kota Pelajar" or "Kota Pendidikan."

10. Business
Depok not only be a good residential city, this city also nice to be a place to do business. Evidenced by the many new and unique business almost every month.